THE COMMUNIST NEW CHINA NEWS AGENCY'S (NCNA) ENGLISH MORSE TRANSMISSIONS TO NORTH AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730128-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 128
• Publication Date: November 11, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/03/03 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730128-6
' CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1
I INFORMATION FROM
FORIffIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO 9ROADCASTS
COUNTRY Chink
SUBJECT The Communist Nh"W cx.>TrA NEWS AGENCY!e (NCNA)
Engli.eh :~Iar~ea Tr:ansmisslona to NartYi America
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LANGUAGE
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'.THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. I'mprovem9nt in :.tyle and Ciuritys Dtiringli the +?~ years since NCNA began Enigl3eh~Moreel
tranumis>31on~a there YAas been a steady iuprovament in they otyle find clarity of the ma Feria.
tx~anrilaitted, When .fis~at monitored, the dispatchee',~rere composed of exceptionally irYV~olvei ~`Y
shorter arul more precise. Today, also, ~
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NCI1~i 'Dopy io marked by acc~arats use of definite aryl ira3el'inite articles, metiauloue
'puactdation,, arid. careful para~rraphix-g?-a+hich was not they cac:e whenlfirstymonitored.^ Br1tT?h,f,-
is xritten ariglmlly in Chlnsse an3 then translated into ~:~g~.isn, as appears propnoxa, ~
the r~eeulting trez~Istione demonstrate ease arul clarity in expressing even involved idea-
logical concepts, ~ I I,
2, IConaietencs~: The unlfarmiity in style of the roater:al transmitted indicates careful,
thraxot:gh, and eoneistant e33ting--wY.ich 'amy ac~court, in part, for the lag?that oi`tan oc~ura
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~betwaoa a given event)anri the NCNA report ar comment on that event, The delay may be a
much 'sa a creek' ar longer and is aeldaan less than threw days,
3,Aecuracv of Tran!sl.9t_io~s: NINA English IMorse', tran~miasions nonfarm with great ezact~~~i-
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ormer may b
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,oice~ broadcasts from whioh t
nees ito the meaning of the :iandarin-language v
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traae].ated, Tii further pursuit of aaouracy, the NCNA Morse operator on ooeaslon follows,
e ~orogram with'minar ~,oorrections whioh make no appreciable change in the meaning of the
' corraot~i3 item;
CLASSIFICATION
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RESTR'IC/l'L~D BES TR~~ T